Security News

Update: Credit card firm hit by DDoS attack
2004-09-23 07:14

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,96099,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD Credit card processing firm Authorize.Net has been the target...

DoubleClick downed by denial-of-service attack
2004-07-28 07:48

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,94837,00.html By Paul Roberts JULY 27, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Internet advertising company DoubleClick Inc. was shut down today by...

Chinese hackers attack Taiwan military news agency ahead of	drill
2004-07-20 12:11

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/96583/1/.html 20 July 2004 TAIPEI: Suspected Chinese hackers have launched an offensive against the website of Taiwan's Military News...

Experts agree on method, not scope of IIS attacks
2004-07-01 11:34

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,94221,00.html By Paul Roberts JUNE 30, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE One day after reports of Web site attacks surfaced, there was...

Largest ISPs Attack 'Zombies'
2004-06-23 11:00

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61759-2004Jun22.html By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer June 23, 2004 The country's largest e-mail account providers called yesterday for...

Akamai Attack Reveals Increased Sophistication
2004-06-22 10:58

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93977,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan JUNE 21, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD An attack last week against Akamai Technologies Inc. demonstrated...

CSO survey: Companies lack plans in case of terrorist attacks
2004-06-10 09:45

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,93741,00.html By Paul Roberts JUNE 09, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE A majority of security executives surveyed said their companies...

More attack code surfaces for recent MS security holes
2004-04-27 11:13

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,92696,00.html By Paul Roberts APRIL 26, 2004 IDG NEWS SERVICE Just days after Microsoft Corp. warned its customers about the...

Cisco develops WLAN security protocol to defeat password attacks
2004-02-13 14:20

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,90163,00.html By BOB BREWIN FEBRUARY 12, 2004 Cisco Systems Inc. has developed a new wireless LAN security protocol designed to...

Mydoom lesson: Take proactive steps to prevent DDoS attacks
2004-02-09 09:37

http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89932,00.html By Jaikumar Vijayan FEBRUARY 06, 2004 COMPUTERWORLD Dealing with a distributed denial-of-service attack such as the...